Philosophy by the Way

Random quote Belief in one unique truth and possessing that truth is the primary cause of all evil in the world. Max Born (1882-1970)

Proximate causes are especially relevant in juridical debates and legal issues, but since I am a philosopher and not a jurist and since this...

Random quote Objectivity without a subject is an abstract, not very relevant construction. It is the illusion of a science that is now a th...

(no AI; based on real photos) Two weeks ago OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned on X against the danger of losing control over AI’s alignment and a...

Random quote It is a mistake to think that the concepts we have now are necessarily suitable for understanding reality, even outside the co...

Photographers love to tell stories by means of their photos. These can be simple holiday pictures that tell where you have been, or family p...

Random quote When someone asks a stupid question, one must ensure that one does not give him an answer: otherwise one is just as stupid as ...

The running track at Olympia, Greece, part of the sports complex  where the Ancient Olympic Games were held The Greek philosopher Diogenes o...

An advice Crates of Thebes (365-285 BC) to his wife Hipparchia of Maroneia ( c. 350 – c. 280 BC), who had given birth to their child: When h...

I find cases of multiple causation and especially cases of multiple prevention very interesting. To keep it simple, I want to present here a...

Random quote Digitalisation weakens the community bond insofar as it has a debodying effect. Digital communication is debodied communicatio...

Galileo Thermometer The questions whether it is possible to explain actions by causes, be it regular causes or one-time causes, and whether ...

Random quote The principle of Custom or Habit: [W]herever the repetition of any particular act or operation produces a propensity to renew ...

Photo taken by me at the Strassenindustriemuseum-in Ennepetal, Germany According to Hume, causation (causality) refers to regular connection...

Random quote Museums function like homes of the nobility to which the public at certain hours are admitted as visitors. The class nature of...

Taken by me at the Strassenindustriemuseum-in Ennepetal, Germany We have seen in my blog last week that causation is not only in the mind, a...

Random quote [T]hey say that everyone should claim to be just, regardless of whether they are or are not, and anyone who is not pretending ...

Taken by me at the Strassenindustriemuseum-in Ennepetal, Germany Causation is only in the mind. That is what Hume thinks, as we have seen in...

Random quote [T]he philosopher … is always, so far as he is able, in communion through memory with those things the communion with which ca...

Barrel Organ "The Arab", once the most famous barrel organ in the Netherlands Photo taken by me in the Museum Speelklok, Utrecht, ...

Random quote What if one person or some oligarchy or indeed a democracy, were possessed of a soul that hungers for pleasures and passions, ...

Lately, someone asked me what I think happiness is. I had forgotten that once I had written a blog about it, but essentially my answer was ...

Random quote Clogs – “floppies,” slippers – are made so that one can slip them on one’s feet without using the hands. They are monuments to...

One of the most important contributions of David Hume (1711-1776) to philosophy is his view on causation. In several respects it is controve...

Random quote A young tree, which over-tops and destroys its parent, stands in all the same relations with Nero, when he murdered Agrippina;...

Football is not only a game. Football is life. I think that everybody will agree. Maybe in the past football was only a game, but in present...

Source of the stamp Random quote Be resolved not to serve any more, and you will be free. Tyrants are great only because we are on our knee....

Currently, the football world championship for the FIFA World Cup is taking place. In view of the contradictions between the nations, someti...